Sad-iron



(No Model.)

A. REINKE.

SAD IRON.

No. 405,802. PatentedJune 25, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST REINKE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SAQ-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,802, dated .T une 25, 1889.

Application tiled July 9, 1888.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST REINKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons; and I do hereby declare that the following` is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art. to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Hy invention relates to improvements in sad-irons, and is more especially designed for use by tailors and in laundries, but may also be employed in domestic ironing` ii' made small enough for that. purpose.

I am aware that the use of gas in heating sad-irons is not broadly new, as others have used it for this purpose, and that, broadly, is not my invention 5 but I am not aware that aJ sad-iron constructed like mine has ever before been known or used.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of an iron embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is an end e1eva tion with the burner-tube inserted as in use, and Fig. a a similar view with the tube removed. Fig. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal section, taken horizontally, of the commingling-chamber and tube-connections, shown 1n position in Figs. l and 2.

A represents the bottom or smoothing snrface of the iron, which may be made of any suitable meta-l.

B is a hood, to which the base is firmly secured through its upturned liange a. The hood gradually rises in respect to the plane of the base from the point to the heel of the iron, -where it has a flaring extension b, at which point the products of combustion and the heat which is not absorbed and radiated have their escape.

Inside of the hood B, and at about equal distance therefron1,at its inner end and along its top, is a shoe C, secured to the flange a at its sides by the screws D', which fasten the hood. The shoe C has perforations c at its inner end, through which a draft is established from the burnerinto the space between hood and shoe, which space forms a flue for the iron from the heat-chamber within the Serial No. 279,366. (No model.)

shoe. Both the hood and shoe are open at their outer ends, and the burner is intro duced to the chamber within the shoe C through its open end. This burner consists in a pipe or tube D, closed at its outer extremity and having perforations d at its bottom along its main portion, through which the gas is delivered, and at which point it is ignited.

Itis desirable that a perfectly-blue flame be obtained at the burner-jets, and that there should be no working back of the llame in the burner. To this end I provide an open joint in the tubing through which the gas is conveyed to the burner, and the gas is delivered to the opening through a nozzle E. The nozzle discharges into the burner-coupling G, and is surrounded by a Haring bell-shaped mouth-piece ll, which forms a sort of ccmmin glin g-chainber for the gas and air that are drawn into the burner-pipe at this point. A yoke I, having two arms fL', connects the tubing having the nozzleE and the yoke-head 1'..

K is a supporting-plate for the burner, provided with a central opening, through which the burner-tube proj eets, and perfor-ations for the passage of air, as seen in Fig. This plate is preferably iixed to the burner-tube and removable therewith from the iron. It rests against the end of the shoe at the top and sides and within the upturned ange of the base, while a drop-latch I, above the shoe, holds it in position.

M is the handle, and has a neck m, to which a power-shaft for moving the iron may be attached. The handle is attached to the hood by a strap N, riveted thereto, which is provided with a screw-stem a, upon which the neck is secured.

IVhen it is desired to heat the iron, the burner is removed, the gas turned on, and then the gas escaping from the burner is lighted, and the burner is replaced. This done, the quantity of gas used and the amount of heat can be regulated the same as ordinary gas-lights.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl l. A sad-iron provided with an imperforated hood eoveringthe iron and rising grad- ICO ually in respect to the base of the iron from the point to the heel and having an extension, as b, at its rear, in combination with a shoe Within the hood closed down upon the base at its sides and provided with perforations about its inner end, and a gas-conveying tube extending Within the shoe and perforated at its bottom, substantially as set forth.

2. In a sad-iron, a hood over the iron substantially convex in cross-section and closed against the escape of heat, except at the heel' of the iron, a shoe set in the hood apart from the saine to leave an air-draft between said parts, said shoe having perforations atits in- 11er end openinginto said airspace,and openings at its rear for the admission of air, in combination with a gas-tube extending into the said shoe and supported thereby, said tube having perforations on its bottom, substantially as set forth.

f AUGUST REINKE. Witnesses:

I. L. COREYL H. T. FISHER. 

